Guest -> CF Martin update (Mar. 3 2008 0:41:22)
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Hola A quick visit to Madrid had its ups and downs. The ups were a visit to José Romero, undoubtedly one of the finest guitarreros in Spain: we went out for a great lunch of prawns and lobster. Plans to ring Ye Ye de Cádiz and go to see him in Torre Bermejas were changed when I saw a cartel announcing the first Spanish corrida of Morante de la Puebla. So we rushed out to the plaza of Vista Alegre and afterwards rushed back to catch the excellent midnight show in Casa Patas with Talegón de Córdoba. The downs were the guitars I played. First was a 00016 Martin, which sounded dead, with the strings a quarter of an inch from the soundboard. Then an Eric Clapton Martin, which sounded quite ordinary but had a price tag of 3700 euros. I might have paid 700 for it. Then a Mexican Martin:one of the ugliest guitars I have seen, with a number of design and constructional defects. Still it sounded pretty much like the EC model. Finally a Chinese Martin: a jumbo with the strange plasticky back and sides. It sounded like the others but not the sort of instrument I am looking for. Didn´t get to play an OM but playing these 4 does not imbue me with confidence: 4 Martins, 4 duds [:@] Sean
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